Martha N. Ozawa Papers

Collection

Identifier: WUA-03-wua00526

Staff Only

The Martha N. Ozawa Papers includes typescript drafts and final versions of articles, chapters, lectures, etc. written by or edited by Martha N. Ozawa. Also included are materials toward Women's Life Cycle and Economic Insecurity: Problems and Proposals edited by Ozawa.

Dates

Creation: 1969-1999

Creator

Ozawa, Martha N. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies..

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Extent

5 linear feet

10 boxes

Additional Description

Biographical Note

Martha N. Ozawa was the Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and professor emerita at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Ozawa spent more than four decades studying America’s public-assistance network, including Medicaid, Social Security and other social-welfare programs for older adults, women and children. She was known for being a dedicated scholar, valued student mentor and great friend to the Brown School.

Ozawa earned a bachelor of science degree in economics from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo in 1956. She then attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning a master’s degree in social work in 1966 and a PhD in 1969.

She joined the Washington University in St. Louis Brown School of Social Work faculty in 1976 after a stint at Portland State University. She was an outstanding intellect and researcher on the effects of income security, health, long-term care, disability and other public programs. Ozawa published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, wrote three major books, including “Women’s Life Cycle and Economic Security: Problems and Proposals” (1989) and 28 book chapters.

In 1985, Ozawa earned the first endowed chair at the school, being named the Bettie Bofinger Brown Professor of Social Policy, and becoming Distinguished Professor in 2003. She also established her own center at the Brown School in 2005, the Martha M. Ozawa Center for Social Policy Studies, aimed at assisting Asian governments and communities in making informed policy decisions. She retired in 2013.

Among Ozawa’s many accolades were the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Washington University Alumni Association in 1988 and from the Brown School Alumni Association in 2000; the 2002 Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students Award by the Graduate Student Senate; the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research; and the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work.

Ozawa died May 3, 2016, at her home in St. Louis. She was 82.

Source: Obituary: Martha Ozawa, Brown School professor emerita, 82 by Neil Schoenherr.